DETROIT, Mich. — Muskegon outscored De La Salle 26-0 in the second half on its way to a 33-21 division two state championship win on Saturday.
"Our kids stayed resilient and our A.D. gave one heck of a halftime speech, so this one goes out to Keith Guy," Big Reds head coach Shane Faifield said. "Just so proud of our guys being down 14 and I think our schedule prepped us for this."
M'Khi Guy threw for a pair of scores and ran for two more while totaling 374 yards of total offense in the win.
Guy had TD runs of 80 and 52 and found Destin Piggee for a 94-yard scoring pass to tie the game at 21 in the third quarter.
The Big Reds went ahead for good on a 23-yard TD strike from Guy to Da'Carion Taylor who made an incredible leaping grab.
After his big performance, Guy handed the state championship trophy to his head coach as a member of the MHSAA student advisory council.
"It's awesome!" Guy said. "Last year it wasn't too fun for me because I had to give it to the opposing team, Detroit King, but this time I got to give it to my coach and it made me feel great!"
The win marks Muskegon's second state title in the last seven years and finishes some business that was started a year ago when it lost to Detroit King in the division three title game.
"Everyone has wanted us to give up and quit and not here," Fairfield said about the Big Reds seven runner-up finishes since 2012. "People want us to fall apart, people want us to break and I said we will not be broken today. As much as they get the nay say, for these young men to believe in this coaching staff, and this school district, and each other, words do not describe it."
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